AFA Chairperson Seo Jung Eui led a nine-member AFA delegation who attended the 6th AsiaDHRRA General Assembly (GA) held in Taiping, Malaysia last June 20-23, 2006. Aside from AFA Chairperson, Mr.Kim, Gi Cheol and Mr. Kwang Cheon Kim of KAFF, Mr. Chaiwat Suravichai and Mr. Pa Phomkham of SorKorPor, Mr. Severino Umandal of PAKISAMA, Mr. […]
During a forum on NGO-PO partnership models held last June 20-21, 2006 in Taiping, Malaysia, case studies on PAKISAMA-PhilDHRRA, API-Bina Desa, FNN-CEDAC, and TWADA-NPUST partnerships were presented. Two major resolutions were made during the forum and they were later adopted by the General Assembly. One of these was to re-affirm the commitment of AsiaDHRRA to […]
In a forum jointly organized by AFA and AsiaDHRRA last June 23, 2006 in Taiping, Malaysia, Lim Li Chinh of the Malaysia-based Third World Network spoke on the developments in the current round of WTO negotiations in Geneva. Maitet Diokno Pascual gave a comprehensive overview of free-trade agreements being forged by USA in several countries […]
PRESS RELEASE Taiping, Malaysia June 23, 2006 Nine million small farmers and producers from ten countries in Asia call on governments of developing agricultural countries to ensure that “pro-small farmer” rules will be agreed in the current WTO negotiations in Geneva as well as in bilateral agreements currently forged by their governments with the United […]
A letter of support addressed to the WTO negotiators of member countries belonging to the G33, ACP, and LDC blocs was sent in the last week of June by AFA and AsiaDHRRA. The letter supported the groups’ commitment to call for adequate treatment of special products and special safeguard mechanisms. “Do not sign to a […]
June 30, 2006 Warm greetings of Peace! We, the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), an alliance of nine million farmers from eight countries in Asia, together with our support group, the Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA), a network of 11 non-government organizations in ten Asian […]
AFA and AsiaDHRRA, represented by Esther Penunia, participated in a consultation with the ASEAN Emminent Persons’ Group of the ASEAN last June 28, in ISEAS office, Singapore. During the consultation, the regional civil society formation Solidarity for People’s Action Advocacy (SAPA), submitted a paper on the group’s recommendations for the economic pillar. The paper was […]
Bangkok, Thailand — Eight representatives of SorKorPor, an AFA member organization in Thailand, went on a study tour in the Netherlands last June 18 – 24, 2006 with the support of Agriterra and ZLTO, a farmers’ organization in South Netherlands. The delegation was led by SorKorpor Chairperson and AFA Vice-Chairperson Ms. Sudaporn Sittisathapornkul. The study […]
